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Fingerprint data security

5 mentions in 2 episodes

Also known as Fingerprint phone security

The discussion covers where phone fingerprint data is kept, how matching works, and what happens when a phone is disposed of.

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233: Fork Disruption!

  • 1:26:29

    Do they erase my fingerprints stored in their databases?

  • 1:28:22

    it converts the fingerprint scan into a mathematical representation

  • 1:30:01

    always wipe your phone when you send it back to someone else

205: Grump-a-Lago

  • 28:11

    Synthetic fingerprints that can unlock up to 65% of phones in theory.

  • 30:09

    they can coerce you to provide your fingerprint, but they cannot coerce you to provide a password.